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Duchess of Edinburgh Concludes Peru Leg With Presidential Greeting as South and Central America Tour Continues

The FCDO requested the 10-day trip to advance UK priorities across conservation, women's leadership, vision care.

Overview

  • She held a protocol greeting with President José Jerí and Chancellor Hugo De Zela at the Government Palace in Lima.
  • Official palace posts confirmed the Peru stop as part of an FCDO-requested itinerary spanning Peru, Panama, Guatemala and Belize.
  • In the Peruvian Amazon, she took part in biodiversity work including releasing yellow-spotted river turtle hatchlings and meeting Indigenous communities.
  • She visited the Divino Niño Jesus Vision Centre, which provides social eye care and reports nearly 30,000 cataract surgeries over 20 years.
  • She marked the UK's first year of the £100 million Biodiverse Landscape Fund and now heads to regional engagements on governance, survivor support and Indigenous-led conservation.